4- Undergraduate Poster SysEB

Monday, November 11, 2013: 8:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall 4 (Austin Convention Center)


The effect of iron on the defensive mutualism of Spiroplasma bacteria and Drosophila flies
Lauryn Winter, Texas A&M University ; Caitlyn Winter, Texas A&M University ; Jialei Xie, Texas A&M University ; Mariana Mateos, Texas A&M University
The diet of Cercobrachys winnebago (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) in two western Oklahoma sandy bottom streams
Amber Rymer, Southwestern Oklahoma State University ; Peter Grant, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
A new species group of Opius Wesmael, with comments on Apodesmia Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae)
Danielle Restuccia, Texas A&M University ; Robert Wharton, Texas A&M University
Rapid spread of the defensive endosymbiont Spiroplasma in Drosophila hydei subjected to high parasitoid wasp pressure
Caitlyn Winter, Texas A&M University ; Jialei Xie, Texas A&M University ; Lauryn Winter, Texas A&M University ; Mariana Mateos, Texas A&M University
The evolution of wing patterning genes in aposematic and mimetic tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Kasey Chelemedos, University of North Dakota ; Heidi Connahs, University of North Dakota ; Katherine Hernandez, University of North Dakota ; Rebecca B. Simmons, University of North Dakota
Genetic diversity of the ant genus Aphaenogaster Mayr in the Southeastern United States
Clinton E. Trammel, University of Arkansas ; Amber D. Tripodi, University of Arkansas ; Allen L. Szalanski, University of Arkansas
“Why so many colors?” Color variation in the cane root borer Diaprepes abbreviatus in Puerto Rico
Luis Marrero-Ramos, Inter American University of Puerto Rico ; Bert Rivera-Marchand, University of Puerto Rico ; Stephen L. Lapointe, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
A survey of the wolf spiders (Aranae: Lycosidae) of the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
Breanna Lyle, Mississippi State University ; John Guyton, Mississippi State University
Hill prairie butterflies of Allamakee County, Iowa: A comparison of the late 1980s to 2013
Nicole Powers, Luther College ; Sharon Heyer, Luther College ; Kirk Larsen, Luther College